Territorial prelature Lábrea
| Territorial prelature Lábrea | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Porto Velho |
| prelate | Santiago Sánchez Sebastián OAR |
| Emeritus prelate | Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa OAR |
| surface | 230,636 km² |
| Parishes | 4 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 88,700 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 69,600 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 78.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,900 |
| Friars | 12 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 11 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora de Nazaré |
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Lábrea ( lat. : Territorialis Praelatura Labreana ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic territorial prelate based in Lábrea in the state of Amazonas .
history
The territorial prelature Lábrea was on May 1, 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Erected from territory ceded by the diocese of Amazon and subordinated to the archdiocese of Belém do Pará as a suffragan . On February 16, 1952, the territorial prelature Lábrea was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manaus as a suffragan. The territorial prelature Lábrea was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Porto Velho as a suffragan on October 4, 1982 .
Prelates of Lábrea
- José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua OAR , 1944-1967
- Florentino Zabalza Iturri OAR, 1971-1994
- Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa OAR, 1994-2016
- Santiago Sánchez Sebastián OAR, since 2016